In 1931, Bing Crosby's first radio show, "15 Minutes with Bing Crosby," debuted on CBS.

In 1970, Genesis ran an ad in "Melody Maker." Phil Collins answered it and joined the group.

In 1978, George Harrison married Olivia Trinidad Arias. They'd met in 1974 when Olivia worked as a secretary for Dark Horse Records in Los Angeles.

In 1982, the house in Surrey, England, owned by Rolling Stone Keith Richards was badly damaged by fire for the second time in nine years.

In 1986, former backing singer Cathy Evelyn Smith was sentenced to three years in prison for giving John Belushi the lethal combination of cocaine and heroin -- known as a "speedball" -- that killed him.

In 1988, a worldwide charity tour to raise funds for Amnesty International was launched with a concert in London featuring Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel and Tracy Chapman, among others.

In 1993, Pearl Jam and En Vogue were the big winners at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.

Also in 1993, a spokeswoman for Paisley Park Records denied reports that The Artist Formerly Known As Prince now wanted to be called "Victor."

In 1994, the promoters of Woodstock '94 announced refunds for those people who bought tickets but were turned away because of thw crowds.

On this day in 1995, Michael Jackson's newly released single, "You Are Not Alone," entered Billboard's Hot 100 in the No. 1 spot, the first song in history to debut at the top of the chart.